Mara — MARA : THE US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has provided 390 biometric fingerprint devices to Mara and Simiyu regions for the registration of people living with HIV/AIDS so that they can be served efficiently and timely. The initiative also aims at addressing challenges associated with manual patient identification and data […]
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The Ghanaian guests of King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Medinah, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 2023 Hajj programme on Monday paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador of the Royal kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Ghana, Sultan Abdul-Rahman Al-Dhakel, in Accra. The group officially announced their […]
The National Aids Commission of Liberia in collaboration with partners has planned a three-day conference to end stigmatization and discrimination here. Addressing a news conference on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, in Monrovia, the Chairperson for the National Aids Commission, Theodosia Kolee, said the conference, which runs from August 31- September 2, 2023, will be held […]
IN SHORT: The National Agency for the Control of Aids has clarified that no tests were conducted by the Red Cross and that the provided statistics were false. A post circulating on Facebook in Nigeria claims that the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) conducted HIV tests on 197 people in Abuja and 119 were positive. […]
A self-testing HIV kit to enable the public to check their status in the comfort of their homes, and wherever they find themselves was yesterday unveiled in Accra. The device, supported by Global Fund to fight HIV, AIDS and Tuberculosis, would provide convenience, confidentiality, privacy and quick result. Unveiling the kits, the Minister of Health […]
The Director General of Uganda AIDS Commission Dr. Nelson Musoba has said truck drivers have the highest prevalence of HIV/ AIDS in the country. “Although we are making progress in terms of the 95 95 95 strategy, one of the areas where we still need to do more work is the one of key populations […]
There is a clear path to ending AIDS by 2030 and it requires strong political leadership, following the science, tackling inequalities and ensuring sustainable funding. That’s the message from UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to ending the epidemic, which said on Thursday that truly eradicating it boils down to a “political and financial choice”. The […]
South Africa is sharpening up its HIV prevention efforts by focusing on pregnant and breastfeeding women, children and adolescents as part of the Global Alliance to End AIDS in Children by 2030. This is according to the Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, who delivered a keynote address on behalf of Deputy President Paul Mashatile at […]
Nairobi — The Ministry of Health has launched the use of vaginal rings among women in an effort to stop the spread of new HIV infections. Speaking at the launch of the Catalyst Study Program in Kisumu on Monday, Health Director General Patrick Amoth said teenage girls and young women account for almost a third […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has sought for a sustained intervention from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in consolidating its gain in the fight against the menaces in the country. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, made the appeal while receiving in audience a delegation […]
TrustAfrica and Urgent Action Fund-Africa have officially launched the Pan-African and Feminist Initiative for Philanthropies, in partnership with the Coalition for the Dialogue about Africa (CoDA). The event was held on Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The event included remarks by Dr Ebrima Sall, Executive Director of TrustAfrica, Ms Tsitsi Midzi of […]
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for Collaboration, designed to build stronger and more resilient health systems and maximize collaboration and impact in support of country, regional and global responses to major communicable diseases. The […]
First lady Monica Geingos applauded the Ministry of Health and Social Services’ leadership in reducing HIV deaths by 60% in the last two decades. She was speaking at the opening of a free medical check-up campaign at the Namibia Children’s Home in Windhoek on Wednesday. The medical team doing the check-ups, led by professor Huang […]
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Namibia: Teen HIV Rate Concerns Nappa
Ashwell Forbes, a board member of the Namibia Planned Parenthood Association, expressed concern over the rising number of reported HIV/AIDS cases among people aged 10-19 years old, despite an overall decrease in the prevalence of the disease in the country. He said this during the signing of the agreement between Nappa and the Swapo Party […]
Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains for the continent, a new report backed by the UN agency devoted to ending AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed. The report based on research by the Economist Impact partnership across 13 African countries, A Triple Dividend: The health, social and economic […]
United States Consul General in Nigeria, Will Stevens has disclosed that getting 13,000 HIV/AIDS-positive Osun residents on treatment requires communal efforts. Speaking at the Launching of the HIV treatment surge in Osun State held at the Local Government Service Commission on Thursday, which was facilitated by Excellent Community Welfare Education Service, ECEWS, he said every […]
Sumbe — The United Nations Global Fund is to grant 126 million US dollars to Angola for the next financing cycle (2024/2027) to support the programme to combat malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Cuanza Sul and Benguela provinces. The information was disclosed Wednesday by the senior manager of the Global Fund, Joshua Galjour, adding that […]
Zimbabwe’s robust HIV management programme continues to get international acclaim with the country receiving an accolade recognising it as one of only three Sub-Saharan African nations to attain the UNAIDS set 95-95-95 HIV objectives. The country reached the goal last year, ahead of timelines set by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS target to […]